Fence-post.



No. 758,778. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

J. P. PLATTENBBRGER.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED rms, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,778, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed February 8, 1904.

Be it l nown that I. J Aeon I. PLATTENBER- GEII, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savanna, in the county ot' Carroll and State ot' Illinois, have invented new and uset'ul Imijn'ovements in Fence-Posts, of which the Vt'ollowingl is a specilication.

This invention relates to tence-posts molded ot'. concrete or other plastic material, and has t'or its` object to provide an improved post cha racterized particularly by improved means Yt'or Yfastening' the line-wires to the post, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

ln the accompanying' drawings, Figures I and "2 are respectively front elevation and longitudinal `section ot' the post.

rl`he body of the post is indicated at 6, molded to the desired shape, ot' concrete or similar plastic material, and having' embedded and extending' lengthwise therein from one end to the other a metal strengthening-rod 61. A strip I() is molded in the post at the time it is made. This strip is partially embedded in the concrete and extends from the top ot' the post to the g'round-line thereof. It is preterably formed otl metal, and the projecting edge is notched, as at Il, forming a series ot' places to receive line-wires, (indicated at l2.) lfhe strip is cast or made with a large number ot' notches, so that it may be used on posts to which various numbers of line-wires are to be attached. The number etl wires desired is determined before the posts are cast, and corre- SeriaINO-192,553. (No model.)

spending holes are cored through the post, as indicated at S). In stringing the wires they are placed in the notches at the holes, and tiewires 13 are then passed tln'ough the post over the line-wires and strip and fastened at the back, as by wedges 15, driven in theholes. rlhese tie-wires hold the line-wires in place against the strip and also serve to bind the strip in place. This method ot' attachment and support permits barb-wires to be used and to be readily attached to the post, and the wires may be strung' with much more facility than with those posts having holes through which wires are strung. The invention also permits quick replacing' ot" any wire or the Stringing' ot :ulditional wires it' and when it becomes desirable.

IV hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

A molded `fence-post having' holes therethrough, a strip Vt'or attachment o't line-wires, partly embedded in the post in line with the holes, tie-wires extending around the strip and through the holes, and wedges plugged in the holes to tasten the tie-wires therein.

In testimony whereotl I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence ot' two subscribing' witnesses.

JACOB l). PLATIENBICRGICR.

Witnesses:

DANIEL S. Brunn', '.lIioMas KELLY. 

